At some part of your life (usually when you were young and naive or old enough to experience paternal and maternal instinct) you would imagine having a nice family with your partner and maybe a kid or two to form this thing call the "Happy Family". Are you sure it's all happy family?
This is one thing that I always talked about to many of my family blogger friends like Sengkangbabies who has 4 kids and also my own mum and brother. "How much am I willing to sacrifice to have kids? And is it even worth the time and money?"
Parenting is one of my biggest fear if I may put it. I love kids, I love playing with my niece and nephews and I've a long resume of baby sitting and it's definitely not the late hours or diapers changing that is scaring me.
What scares me the most is the fact that your "input" is not equal to your "output". I've seen the "best" parents on earth, giving their only son everything he ever needs. Money, school, a good "green house" to ensure that he grows up to be successful and has a good future. In the end? The son took the dad's money, not take care of them and not even visit them after he got married. Where else on the other hand, I've seen the opposite even when the parents didn't do as much. This is why the Chinese have this saying that goes "家家有本难念的经“。You will never know what you will get when it comes to family making.
As for myself, I do have a dad but he's never the biggest role model in my life and I've no idea what kind of dad I would be. I love to shop, I love to party, I love to do things spontaneously. Those are not signs of being a good dad for sure. I always remember me asking my brother, how does one know he is ready to be a dad? How does one just jump in? My brother answer to me was we never know when we will be ready, but we just do it and we will be ready. I am not sure if I am ready to change my lifestyle and give up buying my toys to buying their toys really. So do I want a kid?
Just when you thought having 1 or 2 kids is like impossible, what about having 533 kids?
From DreamWorks Pictures comes "Delivery Man", the story of an affable underachiever David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), whose mundane life gets twisted in a knot when he finds out that he fathered 533 children via sperm donations made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob and rejected by his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn't look worse for David when he is hit with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the donor's identity. As David struggles to decide whether he should reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover not only his true self, but the father he could become as well.
What can I say about this show? If you've watch a Vince Vaughn's show you would know what to expect. Or at least what type of humour to expect. The good thing is that it's consistent and the bad thing is we know it's Vince being Vince. The usual underdog, getting himself into trouble at every corner of his life and he will do what he think it is right and good thing just comes along. THAT.
So what's good about this show? It made me cry. No, not because it's that bad but because it's really touching. As bizarre as it sounds for someone to have 533 kids, it still managed to touch me at the end of the show. And if you put in some effort to do a little search, you will know that it IS possible and it had happened as someone holds the records of most number of kids recorded at 800+.
And by the way, if you find this story kinda familiar (and at the same time you are into French movies), it is because this is actually a "remake" or a French movie in 2011 - Starbuck.
So did this show change my view about having a kid (or 533)? I can't say much as of now although I'm not too sure if my wife would be reading this but I would like to share this quote:
This is what I believe. Being a father is more than just paying the bills, you have to be his/her best friend, role model, listening ear and more importantly the guardian angel to ensure he or she grows up to their best potential.
If you need to cry a little in the cinema, you can go for this show to get touched or maybe Vince Vaughn dry humour can do the job too.
Final Verdict: 3/5 popcorns.
Here's the trailer for the delivery man:
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Parenting is one of my biggest fear if I may put it. I love kids, I love playing with my niece and nephews and I've a long resume of baby sitting and it's definitely not the late hours or diapers changing that is scaring me.
What scares me the most is the fact that your "input" is not equal to your "output". I've seen the "best" parents on earth, giving their only son everything he ever needs. Money, school, a good "green house" to ensure that he grows up to be successful and has a good future. In the end? The son took the dad's money, not take care of them and not even visit them after he got married. Where else on the other hand, I've seen the opposite even when the parents didn't do as much. This is why the Chinese have this saying that goes "家家有本难念的经“。You will never know what you will get when it comes to family making.
As for myself, I do have a dad but he's never the biggest role model in my life and I've no idea what kind of dad I would be. I love to shop, I love to party, I love to do things spontaneously. Those are not signs of being a good dad for sure. I always remember me asking my brother, how does one know he is ready to be a dad? How does one just jump in? My brother answer to me was we never know when we will be ready, but we just do it and we will be ready. I am not sure if I am ready to change my lifestyle and give up buying my toys to buying their toys really. So do I want a kid?
Just when you thought having 1 or 2 kids is like impossible, what about having 533 kids?
| Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  |
| Delivery Man |
What can I say about this show? If you've watch a Vince Vaughn's show you would know what to expect. Or at least what type of humour to expect. The good thing is that it's consistent and the bad thing is we know it's Vince being Vince. The usual underdog, getting himself into trouble at every corner of his life and he will do what he think it is right and good thing just comes along. THAT.
So what's good about this show? It made me cry. No, not because it's that bad but because it's really touching. As bizarre as it sounds for someone to have 533 kids, it still managed to touch me at the end of the show. And if you put in some effort to do a little search, you will know that it IS possible and it had happened as someone holds the records of most number of kids recorded at 800+.
And by the way, if you find this story kinda familiar (and at the same time you are into French movies), it is because this is actually a "remake" or a French movie in 2011 - Starbuck.
So did this show change my view about having a kid (or 533)? I can't say much as of now although I'm not too sure if my wife would be reading this but I would like to share this quote:
This is what I believe. Being a father is more than just paying the bills, you have to be his/her best friend, role model, listening ear and more importantly the guardian angel to ensure he or she grows up to their best potential.
If you need to cry a little in the cinema, you can go for this show to get touched or maybe Vince Vaughn dry humour can do the job too.
Final Verdict: 3/5 popcorns.
Here's the trailer for the delivery man: